McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has indicated that the team’s new wind tunnel will improve the Woking-based outfit’s chances of victory, with it set to go online mid-2023. This news will come as music to the ears of Lando Norris, with the British driver wanting a better package in order to compete for higher positions.
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With the major changes in regulations coming into effect at the start of 2022, teams had the opportunity to go back to the drawing board and design a car that could get the better of their rivals. Some teams like Ferrari managed to take huge strides forward last season, designing a car capable of winning
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Red Bull were miraculously one of the only teams on the grid in 2022 that seemed to instantly adapt to the major changes in regulations that came into effect at the start of the season. Mercedes got their development plan all wrong and were uncompetitive for the majority of the year while Ferrari struggled with
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The Schumacher name will continue to live on in Formula 1 in 2023 as Mercedes have picked up Mick Schumacher to replace the AlphaTauri-bound Nyck de Vries as the team’s reserve driver. The German was released from Haas despite showing flashes of his potential during his two years with the American team, as Guenther Steiner
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While some teams seemed to take to the new regulations like a duck to water, others struggled to figure out the best development path in F1’s new era. Mercedes were one of the teams who found it difficult to transition to the new era, selecting a development path that led to an uncompetitive W13 which
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2022 was a successful year for Alfa Romeo, after the team made the bold choice to replace both of their drivers from the previous year, with Kimi Raikkonen retiring and Antonio Giovinazzi not up to standard. While on the surface it may look like Zhou Guanyu disappointed, finishing 43 points being his teammate in 18th place,
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Having dominated the previous eight constructors’ championships it seemed almost unthinkable that Mercedes would enter the new era of Formula 1 uncompetitive. Unfortunately for the Silver Arrows this is exactly what happened however, with the team struggling to figure out how to get the best performance out of the new set of regulations that were
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Esteban Ocon has revealed that the new aerodynamic era of Formula 1 hasn’t resulted in exciting racing cars, with the Frenchman admitting that the 2021 machinery is more fun to drive than the current fleet. 2022 saw the introduction of drastically different looking cars, all of which were bigger and heavier than their predecessors. The
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Lando Norris has admitted that he learned a “hell of a lot” from former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who the 23-year-old built a strong relationship with during their two-year stint together. Ricciardo was, of course, dropped by McLaren at the end of last season, in favour of 2021 F2 World Champion Oscar Piastri, who is dubbed as a future
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Red Bull will have their work cut out for them in 2023, as the team face the daunting task of defending both of their championship titles with significantly less wind tunnel testing time than their rivals. The team’s breach of the 2021 cost cap has seen their testing time cut by ten percent by the
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